PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Deep Structure And Surface Structure
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A thought and the language are closely united in its users. It is necessary to analyze the possible interferences that one of them may have on the other. There are countless experiments whose objective is to know the extent of children"s mental representations. These experiences are made like this because concepts, thinking, perception and language are supposed to be elements that are closely linked together. However, it is already known that "the knowledge of a student is, as a rule, greater than his ability to express it verbally. " From the perception, the child formulates his first and most elementary concepts, representing objects by thought. (which probably precedes language), through their general characteristics. Between authentic language (that which, when said, is said for the first time and with originality) and thought, there are no distinctions, since it is thought itself. Is that something we can state for sure. The idea that a word expresses is not outside that word.
